If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer.
• 8 November 1943
• 8 November 1943
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Als ik een boek lees, dat indruk op me maakt, moet ik in mezelf grondig orde scheppen, alvorens me onder de mensen te begeven, anders zou men van mij denken dat ik een wat rare geest had.
— Anne Frank
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Als ik een boek lees, dat indruk op me maakt, moet ik in mezelf grondig orde scheppen, alvorens me onder de mensen te begeven, anders zou men van mij denken dat ik een wat rare geest had." in the context of "If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer.
• 8 November 1943" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Anne Frank" (Quotes, The Diary of a Young Girl (1942 - 1944): Version A composed from her 13th birthday on 12 June 1942, until 1 August 1944, just prior to her family's capture. Version B (Der Achterhuis) is a rewrite and edit of version A began on the 20 May 1944. https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/diary/two-versions-annes-diary/ , 1943)
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About Anne Frank
Annelies Marie Frank (12 June 1929 – February/March 1945) was a young German-born Jewish diarist and aspiring writer, who died of typhus in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
About Anne Frank
Annelies Marie Frank (12 June 1929 – February/March 1945) was a young German-born Jewish diarist and aspiring writer, who died of typhus in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
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